Both Uses of
disdain
in
The Mayor of Casterbridge
- Their reminiscences were cut short by the appearance of the reunited pair—Henchard looking round upon the idlers with that ambiguous gaze of his, which at one moment seemed to mean satisfaction, and at another fiery disdain.†
Chpt 13disdain = a lack of respect
- He was not only a journeyman, unable to appear as he formerly had appeared, but he disdained to appear as well as he might.
Chpt 37 *disdained = rejected as not worthy of his effort
Definition:
to disrespect or reject as unworthy